Vehicle seat with built-in retractable child seat

Abstract

A retractable child seat for main seat assemblies and pivotally mounted thereto. The child seat includes a seat member and a back member pivotally mounted to each other and the main seat assembly includes a pivotally mounted platform cushion where the child seat is supported by a rail assembly that allows to slidably move back and forth. Under a different embodiment, the child seat is built inside the back member of the main seat and the child seat portion is pivotally mounted thereon. Another embodiment houses the child seat inside the seat member of the main seat when not in use and a user can bring it out through supporting members pivotally mounted to structural elements inside the seat member of the main seat.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A retractable child seat assembly that is completely stored behind the exterior front surface of a main back member of a main seat assembly having a main back member and a main seat member, comprising: A. platform cushion means, pivotally mounted at the rear end of said platform cushion to means for securing said platform cushion to said main seat assembly, said means for securing said platform cushion to said main seat assembly extending through the lower part of the body of said main back member and also being securely attached to said main seat member of said main seat assembly so that said platform cushion can be rotated back inside a slot in said main back member providing comfortable back support to a user of said main seat assembly when said child seat is not being used and said platform cushion means having an internal surface and further including rail means mounted to said internal surface;   B. child seat means having an underside, a front end and a rear end and further including two parallel tubular means rigidly mounted to said underside and positioned from said front end to said rear end and said tubular means being slidably housed within said rail means, whereby a child may be comfortably seated while using said retractable child seat assembly;   C. child back means pivotally mounted to said rear end whereby a child's back is supported while seated on said child seat means; and   D. seat belt means rigidly and cooperatively mounted to said child seat for securely positioning a child within the enclosure formed by said child seat means and said child back means.   
     
     
       2. The child seat assembly set forth in claim 1 further including: E. locking means to secure said rail means in place with respect to said tubular means.   
     
     
       3. The child seat assembly set forth in claim 2 wherein said locking means includes spring loaded pins means disposed through the sides of said rail means, and said tubular means for holding said rail means and said tubular means in place with respect to each other. 
     
     
       4. The retractable child seat assembly of claim 1 wherein said means for securing said platform cushion to said main seat assembly further comprises: (a) an axle rigidly attached to a structural member of said main seat member; and   (b) means to pivotally connect said platform cushion to said axle.